Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Sees Large Volume Increase – What’s Next?

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) shares saw an uptick in trading volume on Friday . 8,798,065 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 369% from the previous session’s volume of 1,876,335 shares.The stock last traded at $77.27 and had previously closed at $77.21.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

The firm has a fifty day moving average of $78.10 and a 200 day moving average of $77.40.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.9% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 50,291,492 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,857,357,000 after acquiring an additional 1,900,726 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.6% in the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 25,442,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,934,771,000 after purchasing an additional 1,798,704 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.9% during the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 15,200,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,196,123,000 after buying an additional 711,531 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 12,194,753 shares of the company’s stock worth $959,605,000 after buying an additional 309,701 shares during the period. Finally, Truepoint Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,013,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $473,239,000 after buying an additional 146,868 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).